The redemption deadline is July 7th, 2018 at 10:00 AM Pacific
Immediately after 10AM Pacific on July 7th, the Steam key will magically vanish as if it were just a figment of your imagination, leaving this cryptic message behind in its wake.

Compared to the other two, it is more like a proof of concept with very minimal room for the player to roleplay (for example, if you did not take assault rifles as your main gun skill, good luck clearing the final missin which requires you to use a special assault rifle to kill enemies). The story is nice and it at least teaches you the basics of the series. Also, the sale on the other two parts is pretty damn nice.

No. You could hire a special party member who had one or two points in the skill and was armed with the rifle as well. His aim sucked but it got really bad at the final boss fight, where the longer the fight dragged on, the more enemies were on the field and the only way to clear them was this weapon.